Divulge

To divulge is to make known to the public the information that was previously known only to a few people.
Pirate is his code name — he did not want to divulge his real name.
The Justice Department has refused to divulge details behind the arrest.
She refuses to divulge the name of the man who truly stole her heart, but Madden was one of the boys.
Robert Costello, a lawyer for Mr. Giuliani, said earlier this week that his client wouldn’t divulge details about any communications with Mr. President.
He said he didn’t want to divulge any more details about the new play, and added that no decisions had been made yet on additional casting.

Divulge这个单词为动词，其表示“make known to the public the information that was previously known only to a few people”这一含义，即“揭露、泄露、公布、让…公之于众”，与“disclose/reveal/discover”这些单词构成近义词。通常指把一些只有少部分人知道的秘密消息公之于众。
具体使用场景如下：

The columnist divulged the company’s sales figures in his latest article. （专栏作家在他最近的文章中泄露了这家公司的销售额。）
—News
The presidential election commission mandates all candidates to divulge their financial assets.（总统竞选委员会要求所有候选人公布他们的财产状况。）
—Politics
Hale seemed to be trying to ascertain whether she knew anything and, perhaps, to be warning her not to divulge a word if she did.（黑尔似乎在试图确定她是否知道什么，也许是在警告她，如果她知道了，就不要透露一个字。）
—News

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